CVE-2026-83606

HIGHPre-NVD 8.78.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.7 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 77% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Elevated
8.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.7Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. From 0.9.0-beta.9 until 0.9.11, the processing-instruction production in lib/grammar.js lets the greedy S+ separator and lazy Char*? data group repeatedly repartition a long whitespace tail when the required closing ?> is absent. Both parsePI and parseProcessingInstruction apply the expression to the entire remaining source, causing quadratic backtracking during DOMParser.parseFromString() under default options and allowing a small unauthenticated XML input to stall the Node.js event loop. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom version 0.9.11.

CVSS v3
8.7
EG Score
8.7(medium)
EG Risk
70(Attend)
EG Risk 70/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity87% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
23%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 1, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Sep 1, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github, github_pr, github_commit, github_release.
github_release Patch Available

Release 0.9.11 (xmldom/xmldom)

Patch available: xmldom/xmldom 0.9.11

https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.9.11
github_commit Patch Available

commit 73df6b8bdbd8 (xmldom/xmldom)

Patch available: xmldom/xmldom 0.9.11 (contains commit 73df6b8bdbd8)

https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/73df6b8bdbd86f904b9e8c3ab9c49aa54ef2802e
github_pr Patch Available

fix: avoid quadratic backtracking in PI regex

Patch available: xmldom/xmldom 0.9.11 (PR #1039 merged 2026-08-12)

https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1039
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

PI grammar regex ReDoS: quadratic backtracking on unterminated processing instructions · Advisory · xmldom/xmldom · GitHub

https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-g53g-w8rj-fmg7

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-83606(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
node-xmldom0.8.6-1 ... 0.9.9-1 (9 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
node-xmldom0.9.10-1 ... 0.9.9-1 (7 versions)——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
node-xmldom0.9.10-1 ... 0.9.9-1 (6 versions)0.9.11-1—
npm(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
@xmldom/xmldom—0.9.11—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 33× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-19 05:44 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-18 03:38 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
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  15. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-09-11 14:47 UTCEG score recompute
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  20. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-04 11:13 UTCEG score recompute
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  4. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-01 15:40 UTCEG score recompute
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  7. 2026-09-01 14:27 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-01 14:23 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-83606?
CVE-2026-83606 is a high vulnerability published on September 1, 2026. xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. From 0.9.0-beta.9 until 0.9.11, the processing-instruction production in lib/grammar.js lets the greedy S+ separator and lazy Char*? data group repeatedly repartition a long whitespace tail…
When was CVE-2026-83606 disclosed?
CVE-2026-83606 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 1, 2026, with the most recent update on September 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-83606 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-83606 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 77.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-83606?
CVE-2026-83606 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-83606?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-83606, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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